One other thing to note, you need to setup an SNMP community string before
applying your free ESXi license, or it becomes unwritable, as ESXi free
version doesn't support SNMP monitoring :/

http://salawank.performance-weaver.com/?p=66 has the steps for getting SNMP
setup before applying your license

Cheers,

Brandon Burton
sysadmin and technologist
http://www.inatree.org/


On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 6:22 AM, Ryan Pugatch <r...@linux.com> wrote:

> Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
> >> Yeah, I have been leaning toward ESXi.  No problem with that since I
> >> can
> >> load OpenManage in it which lets me manage the RAID, etc.
> >
> > If you can load OpenManage on ESXi, please tell me how.  That is
> something I
> > would desperately love to do, but as far as I know, cannot be done.
> >
> > I did research it extensively a few months ago, and even read some
> official
> > Dell PDF on the subject, all of which suggested it couldn't be done.
> >
>
> I haven't tried it yet, but:
>
> http://www.excaliburtech.net/archives/92
>
> There is also a "Dell OpenManage Offline Bundle and VIB for ESXi 4.0"
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